Thursday's Thoughts

I will be super glad to be able to enjoy a full week of school next week!  This week was a short week & was full of schedule changes - so I am (and so are the kids) looking forward to a regular week.

I have enjoyed being able to meet and talk with everyone during conferences this week.  I appreciate that you took the time to come in & speak with me.  As always, please let me know if you have any questions that may come up throughout the school year!

This week, we talked about the voting process in social studies; reviewed what belongs in a small moment story, thought of an idea for our next personal narrative & started writing our second small moment story; and talked about patterns when adding +10 to a number.

Learning for Next Week:

• Math: We will continue to look at adding +10 & +100.
• Reading: We will be starting a Fable Unit.  On December 2, we will have an assembly. Talking Horse production will be coming to RBE and present the "The Tortoise and the Hare."  The week of November 28-December 2 will be Fable Week!!!  I am super excited about this week, but to get the kiddos ready for this week we will building a foundation of what a fable is.  We will be discussing traits of a fable (chart below), morals, and how the problem of the story is related to the moral.
  
• Writing: We will be finishing up our second small moment story next week.  Today, we went over the rubric (below) that we will be using to grade their more independent small moment story.  Our goal is for this piece of writing to be completely finished by the end of next week.
  
• Science: We will be continuing our conversation about states of matter from last week.  We have a super fun (and yummy) science experiment that the kiddos will get to enjoy that includes a solid, liquid and a gas.
• Word Study: Our spelling words next week are focusing on long a vowel patterns of CVCe & ai.  Next weeks words are: blame, snake, fame, taste, brain, paint, chain, wait, main & stare (stare is an oddball word).

No School Tomorrow

We do not have school tomorrow due to Parent/Teacher Conferences.

Meals of Wheels Food Drive

Remember to be sending in peanut butter for the food drive.  The food drive runs through November 29.  The goal this year is to make 125 Snowy Day bags for Meals on Wheels clients when there is inclement weather. Thank you for your support of Meals of Wheels!

Book Fair

If you were unable to make it to the Book Fair this week (Hours Today 7:30 am-6:00 pm:  Hours Tomorrow: 8:00-10:00 am) and would like to purchase books you can order online through November 12.  Click here to order online.

Emily Arrow Literacy Night

The Emily Arrow Literacy Night is December 7th at 6:00 - Woodcrest Chapel (to accommodate more people).  Please let us know if you & your family are planning on attending Emily Arrow Literacy Night by filling out the online RSVP.  At the bottom of the RSVP there is also a spot for you preorder signed CD.

PTA Meeting on Tuesday
The November PTA meeting in on Tuesday, November 15 at 6:00.  These meetings take place in the Media Center.

I hope that you have a wonderful weekend!